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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
Hi my power and volume buttons of my HTC desire failed so i opted to install a custom rom so i could change the wake up key from power to the menu key.

I downloaded rom manager and clockworkmod and installed CM7 via the rom manager download page. after restarting and backing up files and installing it now is frozen at the CM7 loading screen. I have been told this is a bootloader loop or something like this.

My problem is I cant recover my old OS because the power button and volume buttons are still not working so I need a windows based solution to recover my phone with maybe fastboot or adb.

Any help on what rom i need and the commands i need to type would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Michael
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeamPCB:
Hi Michael,

are you still stuck at the bootanimation? What is the state of your desire? How did you root, are you S-OFF?

To use commandline based tools, you have to get into fastboot first. Fastboot commands only work, if you are S-OFF.

Some more info would be useful.

Regards,

Markus
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
Thanks for your quick reply. yes i can get into fastboot and hboot and fastboot devices does return my device ID. I hope that means my phone isnt beyond help. I used clockwork and unrevoked to root my phone. Just seen it is s-on can i change this with adb or fastboot
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
bravo pvt3 ship s-on

hboot-0.93.0001

microp-051d

Is all the info my phone is dispalying but i might be able to get more from adb or fastboot if that will help
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeamPCB:
You can't flash anything via fastboot, if you still have a stock HTC HBOOT (S-ON). Can you also get into CWM recovery? That would be my choice. CWM recovery can give your windows pc sd-card access. Put a working ROM (*.zip) to the root of your sd-card, wipe everything via recovery and start over with a new flash (install *.zip from sd-card in recovery). You are miles away from bricked... everything will be ok.

Is this your first custom rom experience?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
I cant use cwm as my volume and power buttons aren't working. I have rooted it ages ago and installed a custom firmware but didnt like it as it was missing the htc specific stuff and restored it fine using the recovery option but now without the afore mentioned keys working I cant get to the recovery options. Im guessing adb or fastboot cant set my s-on to s-off then.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeamPCB:
If you can connect via adb you might want to try "adb reboot recovery". If you have CWM recovery in place (unrevoked should have installed this) you can navigate with your trackpad and don't need vol up / down / power. But I think your phone has to be booted up to receive adb commands.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
I get device not found with all adb commands.

I get various different resonses with fastboot commands Ie fastboot devices shows my device. fastboot reboot turns my phone off and on and fastboot reboot-bootloader brings me back to the screen im on at the minute.

My track pad is not moving anything on my phone what is weird about my phone is my volume buttons were working for volume control (before i flashed it) but they weren't turning the pages of my kindle books any more. that happened after my power button problem arrived.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeamPCB:
Your trackpad would work in recovery, but your not able to get there. You're stuck at the bootloader options, where you have to navigate with vol up / down / power button. What still will work is flashing of a stock HTC ROM via RUU. You can get signed HTC RUUs here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695667. This will wipe your phone and revert it back to stock (no root, no custom recovery).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
This sounds promising. Question 1 for me and others that may follow this thread in the future. What is RUU and if i download a vodaphone rom will it be locked to vodaphone as my phone was a vodaphone when i got it but it was unlocked atthe time and I have it on O2 now
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeamPCB:
RUU = ROM Update Utility

It has integrated flash tools and will reset everything to factory defaults. If you want to send your phone in to service, you should flash a ROM which originally came with your phone (Vodafone branded??). Branded ROMs have nothing to do with locking your phone to a carrier (SIM-lock). They are just customized by different carriers with more or less modifications (i.e. preinstalled apps).

Hope you have some luck with RUU, I have to sign off for today.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
im downloading the ruu bravo vodaphone uk one its an exe so i figure i put my phone in fastboot mode and run the exe. is that right
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
Ok thanks for your help markus i will post if this works so others can see its a working method if they have a similar problem
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domey2510:
How did you get on? Is your desire up and running?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
just about to run the app now domey. I have my phone in fastboot manu with usb plugged in. wish me luck lol
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeamPCB:
That's how it should work. I hope it will work for you. You can redo rooting / customizing, once you have a booting device ;)

Have a look at LeeDrOiD 2.3d then (leedroid.com). It's based on HTC Sense ROMs, very stable and you can push your trackpad to wake up the phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
I got an error with vodaphone one so trying a newer one now as vodaphone was 1.4 or something the next one im trying is 2.29
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeamPCB:
Did you get some useful error messages?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
none of the roms from that site update my phone. they all say insufficient version
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickyjohnston39:
131 on my last try
[Nook Color General] xdabr:
This is probably all over the forums but I just saw this at hot-deals.org:

Thursday, March 24, 2011 last update: 4:26pm (EDT)

* Verizon Wireless - HOT! - iPad Generation 1 Wifi 16GB $299, 32GB $399 in-store

Available at Verizon Wireless stores nationwide today is the Apple iPad Generation 1 Wifi 16GB model for $299 (in-store only, not online, not by phone). Also the 32GB is available for $399, and the 64GB for $499. No limit. This is a clearance, since the new iPad 2 is available and sold in the same stores.

This was confirmed both in-person and by phone at in 3 US cities before this post. Store reps may hold one for you if you call in advance.

Update (4:15pm EDT, 1:15pm PDT): Apple just sent a memo to Verizon Wireless stores, asking them not to allow telephone holds on the product. Stores are now selling them on a first come, first serve basis. As you can expect, the 16GB versions are sold out at most stores or already spoken for to those who called and reserved one earlier. Most stores still have 32GB iPads for $399.
[Nook Color General] ryanmcdonald:
I don't get it. Why would anyone actually *want* an iPad?
[Nook Color General] deadbot1:
I don't get it...why would you post about the iPad on a Nook forum?

Sent from my rooted stock 1.1 Nook with XDA Premium.
[Nook Color General] BlackBoy88:
Regardless, what one may feel about the ipad and iphone, both products have a large quantity of high quality apps.
[Nook Color General] kdiggz:
i bought one to sell but now i might just keep it and sell the nookie. after doing some reading, it looks like the open source for honeycomb won't be coming for a very long time, if ever. by then, there will probably be a lot more cheap options much like the NC available, some already running honeycomb natively. the developers will move their interest towards those platforms and this subforum will be pretty dead. meanwhile, the ipad just works out of the box and is even better after jailbreaking. i hate apple but for 50 bucks more i think the ipad wins here
[Nook Color General] xdabr:
Posted because I've already seen multiple iPad related posts that were well-received here, because the Nook Color is constantly touted (by me as well) as the next best thing to an iPad currently available, and because this makes the iPad <b>extremely</b> price competitive with the Nook Color.

It changes the game, that's why!
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
Won't lie. I have an Ipod Touch and love it. But that's where I draw the line, I just don't like apple as a company. I don't like how their software is completely closed sourced so that it can have no competitors. I don't like that the Ipad 2 won't even touch the Xoom in hardware.

I won't be selling my Nook Color for an Ipad anytime soon, even if the Nook doesn't get HC. CM7 is working exceptionally well, and less of youtube, I really have no problems with it.

I will however be buying a G-tab or Xoom very soon... Can't wait for HDMI output!
[Nook Color General] dalamchops:
wth ipad 2 destroys xoom in 3d performance.
[Nook Color General] cowballz69:
ever scroll a website with a ipad, its so freakin smooth its ulmost unreal
[Nook Color General] ryanmcdonald:
Why is this thread in a Nook Color forum? Move it to some Apple Kool-Aid drinking forum. This is about us tinkering-types making the NC into something that we want. Nook vs iPad is completely irrelevant.
[Nook Color General] xdabr:
ryan you're just being silly. If there were decent and affordable Android tablets, neither one of us would be quite as keen on hacking a Nook Color. I don't own a single Apple product and probably never will. There's just no kool-aid involved.

If anything, refusing to consider a brand name on principle is the more fanatical practice. At least some of us are here because we want a tablet we can afford and control, not merely to hack for the sake of hacking. We can't control jailbroken iPads as well as we can control Android tablets -- 'cause Jobs is a smart and vile dictator -- but I think it's incredibly important to know what kind of competition the Nook Color has.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
$299 with no contract is nice. $299 on two years... forget it..
[Nook Color General] xdabr:
"Contract" price? How could that be - it's WiFi only, isn't it?

They have the 32 GB model for $399.
[Nook Color General] rcsrich:
Double the fun!

My wife has an iPad for work & I have the NC- both are cool in their own way. I personally like the size of the NC a little better, but I'll have to admit that when just web surfing, the iPad is a joy to use. And the ability to watch Netflix is pretty rockin' too...:)
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
ah.. i missed that. doh!

Better not let the wife find out, or i may wind up $299 poorer.. ;)
[Nook Color General] james robinson:
Other than the Netflix app, iPad SUX!!! :)
[Nook Color General] muddybulldog:
For the record, there are no "contract price" iPads. Even the AT&T 3G are month-to-month, no-contract, turn on and off as needed (there's no such thing as a Verizon 3G iPad 1).
[Nook Color General] 513fabe:
I agree, the nook is very cool, though love/hate the ipad has great apps, garageband, for xample, im a singer my cousin plays drums but we dont have guitarist or bassist, and neither of us really play actually we suck at guitar/bass,lol, but garageband(gb) allows power chord playing with smart guitar and bass, its not bad either. Also does drums n piano, i believe it mixes the tracks, upto 8 cuz its like an 8 track recorder, like a 4 track..

Dont get me wrong i like android and really really like webOS, but they both need to charge less for their tabs for the equivalent memory. Cuz mainstream consumers, ppl who dont really know like we all do, will pick ipad over xoom or touchpad most of the time, now xoom and touchpad will trump ipad when $$$ is involved. $499-16gb wifi,ipad2, htc flyer, hpalm touchpad all same price. Now if flyer n touchpad were $399 or $450 itd help, just until people spread the word, then charge equal$$ on touchpad2, etc....just my opinion idk
[Nook Color General] luciferii:
you can buy a microkorg synth for the same price as an ipad and itll be 1000 times better than anything the ipad with garageband can do.. and ill say this cuz it hasnt been out right said yet in this thread but needs to.. f*ck apple.
[Nook Color General] limaunion:
Yeah, I wonder why it doesn't feel the same in Android tablets... is this a kernel issue? does anyone know if the developers are working on this? does it also happens with honeycomb tablets?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TopClass:
hi plzzzz help im trying to root my evo 4G i hv a mac and i cant find no software can someone help me plzzzz
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stevenmirabito:
unrevoked

Here you go: http://unrevoked.com/recovery/

Click the "Download for Mac OS" link and follow the instructions. :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TopClass:
thank you but that does not work i hv mac os 10.5 and to use that u need 10.6
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
What is Recent Plus!?

It is a small app in an early state that replaces the "recent apps" dialog that appears when you long-press the home button. It shows the recently opened apps as before but additionally shows a volume slider. See screenshots. Requires CM7.

UPDATE: Recent Plus in Market

Why?

As you all know, the nook color is a wonderful device but it is lacking hardware buttons. A typical and really nice remedy is to install keysmod / Hard-key editor and bind the volume buttons to back and menu. Problem: you can no longer easily change the current volume while in an app, especially when it is running in fullscreen.

It started with this post and I am now moving it here.

Requirements:

* a device running a recent nightly of cyanogenmod 7

Installation:

(0. install the keysmod so you have back/menu instead of the volume buttons)

1. install the apk that is attached to this post, UPDATE: Recent Plus in the Market

2. go to "Settings", "Cyanogenmod Settings", "Input", "long-press home settings": check "Use custom application" and then choose "Select custom application", tap "Applications" (yes, another tap here in that list! This is the first entry), finally select "Recent Plus!"

3. done. Now you can long press home to switch apps and change the volume

TODOs/Problems:

1. Not sure what happens with devices other than the nook and/or different roms

2. The number of recent apps can not be configured yet

Looking forward to your feedback!

History:

v0.7: (July 9, 2011)

color application label by status (white: running, gray: suspended, dark: closed) - can be turned off

fixed a force close bug when switching to apps in certain states

instead of force closing display an error message instead

Recent Plus in the Market

v0.6: (Apr 12 2011)

optional brightness slider (see settings)

v0.5:

crappy looking settings menu

select which volumes you want to control in the settings

v0.4:

fix android compatibility mode messing up the layout

v0.3:

visual stuff (Button background, longer app names)

different button layout in landscape/portrait

more apps

v0.2: initial release
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
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[Nook Color Themes and Apps] matalo:
Excellent app. My only problem is I cannot add recent plus as a custom application. I followed all of the steps exactly. Any advice?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
I need more info. What does "cannot add as a custom application" mean? Could you follow all steps? Which Rom and which version are you running?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] EpicFail236:
Kudos to you! This is exactly what I need to put everything together and eliminate the need to switch keys and such. Thanks for making an awesome app!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] RoboRay:
Ok, I figured out why I was only getting a small window that couldn't fit everything... I turned off Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts and now the Recent Plus window is big and works properly.

Does anyone have this working right at the default "on" setting for Compatibility Mode?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] britoso:
Nice idea. Works. Wishing i was on CM now :p
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] MACLUIS1:
Worked fine for me. I also notice that there's an option in the settings to "show recent apps title". I unchecked it, but it still shows the title of the recent apps. Maybe you guys can work something out of it. Like having Compatibility Mode and still show the volume slider.

And, thanks.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
Thanks for finding that out. I think I know how to fix that.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
I just uploaded a new version that should fix the compatibility problem. Thanks again RoboRay.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
The are currently no options you can change. The stuff in that settings menu only applies to the default recent app switcher application.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] john10101:
Works great. Landscape mode works well too. Only thing id like to see is it control the complete system volume, not just media. You really have a great handy app. Is this only compatible with cm7 or is there future plans to have it work with other builds.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
Well, I can change it to affect all or only some of the different volumes. The thing is that I am not sure what is the best thing to do. The normal volume button is aware of the context and only changes that volume but I am not sure how to do that.

I don't like the idea of adding several sliders on the screen. Would having a settings menu to decide which volumes are affected help? Opinions?

Well, the app itself is independent of the rom, but you need a way to launch it using a hardware button. I am not aware of a way to do this without support in the rom. One might be able to do something like "tap home -> launch recent plus", "double tap home -> go to home", not sure. This is similar to the softkeys behavior...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] john10101:
Personally i would be fine with it doing full system volume, for my usage i dont think i need the ability to control different volume's. a settings option would be best for all around functionality for all users. i would suggest you hide it (press menu in app for it to show up) a settings menu would also give you ability to add features in the future if you choose so. I think there are people out there who would like this screen to do more then it does now. Myself all i want is a volume slider, This is much cleaner then having to use any other apps ive tried.

Thank you again for your hard work. This is going to be a staple apk, on my nook :-)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] RoboRay:
A button to either pop out a selection menu or even to simply step through the different volume types with multiple presses might work. Tucked away behind the Menu button would make for a cleaner UI, though.

Media volume is the critical one to have by default, though, at least on a phoneless tablet... How often do people really have to change their Notifications volume on the fly? Adding a way to select the other volumes could certainly increase the app's usefulness outside the NC community, as well as to anyone who does constantly adjust the other volumes, though.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
An option to adjust ALL volume levels with one slider would be very helpful, for instance when using with headphones -- see below.

Yeah, about that... I was listening to music at a nice comfortable level using headphones, when I received an email... since RecentPlus only adjusted the media volume, the notification sound was deafening and had my ears ringing for a few moments.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] RoboRay:
Settings > CM > Sound > Always play on speaker > Notifications > Check

Or, use settings on the same page to attenuate them while using headphones, if you do want notification sounds out the 3.5mm jack.

;)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Arbelzapf:
FC when trying to switch to Yahoo Mail. I don't know if you can make anything out of that, just wanted to let you know
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
Yeah, that was one of the first things I did with CM7 as I love that feature on my phone... and I've got Not, Ring, and Alarm all set to play on speaker -- however -- have you actually tried the "always play on speaker" feature?

I've got two NCs here, and it doesn't work on either one -- most recent: CM7n30.

Can other folks confirm that this feature is working properly?

Edit: Based on some experimentation with Tasker just now, I don't think the NC hardware is actually capable of determining when headphones are plugged in.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
I installed yahoo mail but I can not reproduce this. It crashes when you hit the yahoo icon inside the recent app list? Does this happen every time?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] RoboRay:
Actually, not on the NC. I had expected it would work like it does on my phone. I actually keep the NC's notification sounds muted as I always have my phone with me and it chirps for all the important notifications.

Hmm... I'll have to play around with the headphone jack a little more and see what's going on.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] matalo:
Sorry for the delayed response.

I am running CM7 nightly build 30. Here are my steps for reproduction (sorry for lack of screen shot)

Installation:

DONE- (0. install the keysmod so you have back/menu instead of the volume buttons)

DONE- 1. install the apk that is attached to this post

2. go to "Settings", "Cyanogenmod Settings", "Input", "long-press home settings": check "Use custom application" and Select "Applications", "Recent Plus!"-

This is where I see the problem. In my application listing, I do not see Recent Plus. However, I do have the app in my app drawer.

3. done. Now you can long press home to switch apps and change the volume
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
Oh, okay, maybe my description was not perfect:

check "Use custom application", then click "Select custom application".

Now a list pops up, but you won't find "Recent Plus" in there. You have to click on the first entry "Applications". Then a new window opens where you should be able to find "Recent Plus". If not, try again after rebooting.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] RoboRay:
Hmmm, any possibility of adding a small dock area where we could pin three or four frequently-used apps? This would be a great place to stash my AdjBrightness button. :o
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] timoskrempel:
v0.5 uploaded.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] tj!2k7:
Thanks a million for adding the ability to control additional volumes!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] matalo:
Thanks. Working now.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jinp6301:
Thanks a lot. Works great on dual boot cm7 :)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] john10101:
Sweet thx. this works perfect. Thank you again for your work :-) now you just need a pretty icon :-)
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Calla969:
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this or not, but is there any way you could add the option to have the menu and back button on the app? That would allow us to just leave the volume buttons how they are. This app is by far the best option I've found yet to deal with the lack of keys, but I find myself accidentally hitting the back button when I try to adjust the volume while watching a video. The volume buttons are where I would naturally look for them.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] john10101:
Im confused, if you want to keep your volume buttons the way they are, then this app is really useless for you. what are you trying to accomplish? putting the back button on this app, would only force it to exit. not very useful if you ask me. If you are asking to have an app where you can have your back and menu buttons available that's what softkeys is for. I for one find myself using back and menu way more then volume on the nook. This app fixes the loss of the volume button by adding a slider on a long home press. and it works great.